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Society for Endocrinology BES 2019

Brighton, United Kingdom
11 Nov 2019 - 13 Nov 2019

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Come and exchange knowledge, share experiences and strengthen collaborations across our global community of endocrinologists!

PLENARY LECTURES

Society for Endocrinology Dale Medal Lecture

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From Carney complex to gigantism and Cushing disease: an insight into the genetics of pituitary tumors

Stratakis Constantine

In the last 30 years, an unprecedented production of new knowledge about the tumors of the pituitary gland has led to a series of new discoveries important for the understanding of how these neoplasms form and the management of our patients. These tumors are often caused by germline or somatic mutations in an ever expanding list of genes; a growing list of genetic defects associated with inherited predisposition to pituitary tumors means implications for the families of the pa...